Coon-Sanders Nighthawks - Hong Kong Dream Girl , 1925

[ylfriends]

And needless to say, the music is really good :)

[ylfriends]

Thanks for posting. The alleys in Central Hong Kong still look like that. Some area in Central look different now though. Nice pictures.

[1967VO]

T/Y sew mush ! 111 !¡

!11 ¡ ɥɔnɯ os noʎ ʞuɐɥʇ!

[thewolfling]

does anyone know of sheet music & lyrics for this one?

I've always loved this song!

[theoldlefthander]

One of four geat titles from the same session. "Eveything is Hotsy-Totsy Now", "Who Wouldn't Love You", and "That's All there is, There ain't no more".

I found the lyrics on line: "Two almond eyes are smiling" and "Whirling like a big sail round my Pig-tail"

Thanks for keeping the spitit of Carl and Joe alive.

[manolinmanolon]

I looooooove this old sounding musik sooooo much!!! Long live to the Coon Sanders Nightawks Orchestra!!! :-)

[bostonblakie]

Thanks. I was going from memory alone. Gotta keep my references closer to the PC.

[kspm01]

I didn't know this one, but it's excellent as usual.

[merrihew]

One of their's I hadn't heard - up to their usual standard. Awfully good sound for an early electric.

[bostonblakie]

Coon-Sanders was one of the era's better musical aggregations. Wasn't Harry Barris (listed as a co-writer of the song) later to become one of Paul Whiteman's "Rhythm Boys?" I think he was also Mildred Bailey's brother.